The founders of Bored Ape Yacht Club were recently doxxed against their will by Buzzfeed in an investigative article. The founders of BAYC were until now, pseudo-anonymous, titled ‘Gordon Goner’ and ‘Gargamel’. But they were announced as Wylie Aronow and Greg Solano.
About Bored Ape Yacht Club Founders Doxxing
In an article by Katie Notopoulous on Buzzfeed last night, the founders of the Bored Ape Yacht Club were discovered as Greg Solano and Wylie Aronow. Solano, better known as “Gordon Goner”, claimed the men were “doxxed against their will”.
The founders have always been anonymous, even conducting interviews with major media outlets like Rolling Stone and The New Yorker with their fake names.
It was discovered that Greg Solano was a 32-year-old writer and editor. It was discovered that Wylie Aronow was 35 years old. The two met while growing up in Florida. The pair then tweeted images of their faces in the “Web2 vs Web3 me” trend. Although they probably don’t want to, it must be a huge weight on their shoulders that they no longer need to hide their identities.
It seemed that some important people in the NFT space knew who they were. Guy Oseary, a talent manager, who is a huge fan of NFT, said on Twitter: “These 2 incredible partners of mine. Co-founders of @BoredApeYC, @CryptoGarga and @GordonGoner were doxxed against their will…at least I can post this pic now from Apefest. alongside an accompanying selfie.
The community’s response
Overall, the community took it well. The majority of the backlash goes to Notopoulous, the writer of “bad journalism”, according to one user. Fortunately, little hate went to the founders of the Bored Ape Yacht Club.
Some of the top responses from major players in the NFT space included GaryVee saying “Well, at least you’re super cool :)”. Zeneca added “Anything else aside, nice to put a face to the name/monkey. You exude genuine goodness. Proud holder of a lifelong monkey here, thank you for everything”
In addition to these, Justin Taylor of Twitter mentioned, “Sucks that happened bro. But it looks good!”
This news may have inevitably been released at some point, but I’m sure the couple would have preferred to announce their identities on their own or not at all, rather than an outside article against their wishes.
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